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White Sox starter Jake Peavy left tonight's game against the Angels with an apparent injury.

With two out and no one on in the top of the second inning, Peavy delivered a 94-mph fastball to Mike Napoli that missed outside, running the count full. Peavy immediately walked off the mound in obvious discomfort and left the field.

The National League Cy Young Award winner with the Padres in 2007, Peavy spent time on the DL with elbow problems in 2008 and an ankle injury in 2009.

UPDATE: The preliminary diagnosis is a strained muscle in the right side of his back.

Georgia On My Mind: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a Triple-A "showdown" is possible Sunday, when Tim Hudson works for Braves farm club Gwinnett and Jake Peavy for the White Sox's Charlotte team in a rehab duel of All-Star pitchers.

It is scheduled to be Hudson's next-to-last rehab outing.

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The Next Ankiel? The Cincinnati Reds' lineup, at least, will get a boost when Micah Owings comes off the DL to start on the mound Friday against the Pirates at Pittsburgh. Owings (6-11, 5.35 ERA) is a career .293 hitter.

None of the top 51 BA prospects have been traded this season. The Phillies sent three of the Top 100 to the Cleveland Indians for Lee: #52 right-hander Carlos Carrasco, #66 catcher Lou Marson and #69 shortstop Jason Donald -- plus a Class-A pitcher, Jason Knapp, who might be better than all of them.

The only other BA Top 100 prospects to be traded this season: #63 White Sox left-hander Aaron Poreda (right), to the San Diego Padres with three other young pitchers in the Peavy deal; and #91 Cardinals right-hander Chris Perez to the Indians for Mark DeRosa on June 28.

When a tournament reaches the single-elimination phase, you've got to go with your best, provided he is rested, and Oswalt (right) has been sharper than Jake Peavy, who will now pitch in the title game Monday if Team USA advances.

Oswalt is coming off a four-inning shutout stint in an elimination-game victory over the Netherlands last Sunday; Peavy was shelled by Puerto Rico the day before.

Korea's Jung Keun Bong and Jin Young Lee, above, planted their nation's flag on the Petco Park mound this past week after clinching the Dodger Stadium berth; meanwhile, American fans stayed away from Miami in droves as Team USA came back from the dead to reach the final four.

My longtime friend and colleague Lyle Spencer wrote the mother of all spring daydreams for his Sunday mlb.com blog.

Spencer proposed a 10-for-2 swap with the Padresthat would bring the Angels right-hander Jake Peavy and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, two youngish stars with affordable contracts for the next three seasons. That's Gonzalez with wife Betsy pictured, visiting China for last year's game against the Dodgers.

That's right, the Padres get three-fifths of a rotation, an entire infield, a closer and two-thirds of an outfield, with about a $4 million pricetag.

Spencer closes by saying there's little likelihood of the blockbuster happening. I agree, since I don't believe the Angels would surrender Adenhart, Jepsen and their starting shortstop in any single deal.

Chicago has created about $9 million in salary room by sending starter Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies for reliever Luis Vizcaino, then dealing second baseman/outfielder Mark DeRosa to the Cleveland Indians for three prospects.

The Cubs also signed utility infielder/outfielder Aaron Miles, late of the St. Louis Cardinals, to replace the versatile DeRosa (who might play third for the Indians).

Peavy must still approve any trade and has expressed his preference to stay in the National League. But prolonged trade talks with the Chicago Cubs this past week and Atlanta Braves earlier produced no results.